Tisaranee Gunasekara

Tisaranee Gunasekara is a political commentator based in Colombo.

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Sri Lanka’s Buddhist monks do not shy away from playing politics, and have a history of policing online content that they find offensive to their religious sensibilities. Photo: IMAGO / Pacific Press Agency

Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act brings it a step closer to Buddhist theocracy

Tisaranee Gunasekara

29 Feb 2024

Jawaharlal Nehru as the prime minister of India. When asked about the greatest difficulty he had faced since Independence, Nehru had replied, “Creating a just state by just means … Perhaps too, creating a secular state in a religious country.” Photo: IMAGO / Cola Images

Nehru’s flawed India is still a bulwark against Modi’s Hindu Raj

Tisaranee Gunasekara

19 Dec 2023

A monk protests outside Sri Lanka’s parliament against Ranil Wickremesinghe’s promise to implement the 13th Amendment in full. Political monks are not familiar or happy with the role of angry spectators in the country’s politics. Photo: IMAGO / Pacific Press Agency

Sri Lanka’s political monks rage against reduced clout

Tisaranee Gunasekara

30 Jun 2023

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